For all other developments, the building is also within 1000m of at least two of the following:

INDUSTRIAL ONLY

2. For all other developments, the building is also within 1000m of at least two of the following:

a. Bank/Cash machine b. Creche/school c. Hairdresser

d. Doctors surgery/medical centre e. Pharmacy

f. Dry cleaners No. of credits

available Issue Title Minimum Standards

Ret Off Ind P G VG E O

1 1 1

Tra 2 - Proximity to amenities

- - - - -

Compliance Notes

New Build There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to new-build projects.

Refurbishment There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to refurbishment projects.

Extensions to existing buildings

There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to the assessment of extensions to existing buildings.

Shell Only There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to shell-only assessments.

Fit Out Only There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to fit out-only assessments.

Food Outlet This includes the following:

· Grocery shop

· Supermarket

· Sandwich shop

· On- or off-site cafeteria or staff canteen Collective

amenities One type of amenity may also exist within or a part of other types of amenities e.g. grocery store in a petrol station, cash point or pharmacy in a supermarket etc. It is not a requirement of the assessing this issue that each amenity is

‘stand alone’.

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Schedule of Evidence Required

Req. Design Stage Post Construction Stage

Marked-up site plan or map highlighting:

· Location of assessed building

· Location and type of amenities

· The route to the amenities

· Plan/map scale

Assessor’s building/site inspection and photographic evidence confirming:

· The existence of the local amenities

· The route and distance to the amenities.

Where the amenities do not currently exist, but are due to be developed, a letter from the client/developer confirming:

· The location and type of amenities to be provided

· The timescale for development of the amenities.

Evidence as outlined at the design stage of assessment.

Rural location: for the purposes of BREEAM, a rural location should be defined according to national regulations, or where no national definition exists, as one with a population cluster of less than 1000 inhabitants and a density below 150 inhabitants per km2.

Accessible local

amenities The distance must be measured via safe pedestrian routes e.g. pavements and safe crossing points or, where provided, dedicated pedestrian crossing points. The distance should not be measured in a straight line, ‘as the crow flies’.

Amenities within

building Amenities within the building or on the site (provided within 500m of assessed building) meet the assessment criteria.

For example, where there is no postal box within 500m of the building, the building occupier can provide an alternative facility, such as a contract with the postal office or alternative mail/courier service. Alternatively the building occupier can provide a facility to collect the mail within the building on a daily basis and arrange to have them delivered to the nearest postal facility. Daily collection of the mail will need to be guaranteed for the facility to be deemed compliant.

Phased

developments The guidance provided in BREEAM issue Tra 1, concerning phased developments, also applies to this issue.

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Aim

To recognise the provision of adequate facilities on site allowing building users to use alternative modes of transport to go to and from the building.

Assessment Criteria

Two credits can be awarded where one of the following measures has been implemented to encourage the use of alternatives to the private car for commuting:

Option 1

First credit - Compliant cycle storage spaces

1. Offices and Industrial projects: the number of compliant cycle storage spaces provided is as follows:

a. 10% of the number of building users up to 500 PLUS

b. 7% for the number of building users in the range of 501 – 1000 PLUS c. 5% for the number of building users over 1000

This is subject to providing a minimum of 2 cycle storage spaces.

2. Retail developments: the number of compliant cycle storage spaces provided is as follows:

a. 10% of the number of full-time equivalent staff that will commute to the development PLUS b. 5% of the total number of customer car parking spaces (excluding disabled spaces and

mother-and-baby spaces where provided). This is subject to providing a minimum of 10 cycle racks. Any development that provides at least 50 customer cycle storage spaces will comply regardless of the number of parking spaces

The staff spaces must be provided in addition to customer spaces and whilst they do not need to be separate from customer spaces, this is encouraged.

Second credit - Compliant facilities 1. The first credit has been achieved.

2. At least two of the following compliant facilities must be provided for the building users:

a. Compliant showers

b. Compliant changing facilities and lockers for clothes c. Compliant drying space for wet clothes

Option 2

1. During the preparation of the brief (equivalent to stage B) the design team has consulted with the local authority on the state of the local cycling network and how the development could contribute to improving it.

2. One proposition has been chosen in agreement with the local authority and implemented. This proposition must be additional to what would have been done by the local authority without the support from the project and must have a significant impact on the local cycling network.

No. of credits

available Issue Title Minimum Standards

Ret Off Ind P G VG E O

2 2 2

Tra 3 - Alternative modes of transport

- - - - -

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Option 3

1. Negotiations with local bus companies have resulted in an increase of the local service provision in the development’s local area.

Option 4

1. For office and industrial developments, electric recharging stations have been provided for at least 3% of the total carparking capacity for the building.

2. For retail developments, electric recharging stations have been provided for at least the following number of vehicles;

a. 3% of the carparking capacity up to 300 PLUS

b. 2% of the carparking capacity in the range of 301 – 1000 PLUS c. 1% of the carparking capacity over 1000.

3. Electricity must be provided from a 100% renewable energy contract as per BREEAM issue Ene5 criteria.

Option 5

1. A car sharing platform has been set up to facilitate and encourage building users to sign up to a carsharing scheme.

2. Marketing material has been developed to help raise awareness of the system and will be communicated to the tenants where applicable.

3. Priority spaces for car sharers are provided for at least 5% of the total carparking capacity for the building.

4. Priority spaces are located in the nearest available spaces in the nearest available parking area to the main building entrance on site.

Exemplary level criteria

The following outlines the exemplary level criteria to achieve an innovation credit for this BREEAM issue.

1. Two of the options above have been implemented.

Compliance Notes

New Build There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to new-build projects.

Refurbishment There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to refurbishment projects.

Extensions to existing buildings

Refer to the compliance note below on existing compliant facilities.

Shell Only -

Offices If it is not possible to confirm the number of staff due to the speculative nature of the building then a default occupancy rate of 1 person per 10m² of net lettable area should be used.

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Shell Only - Retail

If it is not possible to confirm the number of full time equivalent staff

commuting to the development due to the speculative nature of the building then a default occupancy rate of 1 person per 10m² of nett lettable area should be used. Alternatively, the number of full time equivalent staff in an existing retail development of similar type and size can be used (the assessor needs to justify/validate the number used in their certification report).

Where tenants will be installing cyclist facilities as part of their fit-out specifications, these might be taken into account in order to demonstrate compliance with the criteria, provided that a tenancy lease agreement between the developer and the tenant/s confirm that all the BREEAM requirements will be met.

Shell Only -

Industrial If it is not possible to confirm the number of building users due to the speculative nature of the building then a default occupancy rate of 1 person per 10m² of nett lettable office area and 1 person per 20m² of operational floor space should be used. Operational floor space does not include warehouse storage space. Alternatively, the number of staff in an existing industrial unit of similar type/operation and size can be used (the assessor needs to justify/validate the number used in their certification report).

Fit Out Only There are no additional or different criteria to those outlined above specific to fit out-only assessments.

Option 1 only

Building users Where the term building users is referenced this refers to the staff, therefore the number of staff that will work within the building must be used to determine the number of compliant facilities that must be provided to achieve the credit.

Whilst staff numbers are the means by which compliance with the assessment criteria is determined, the percentage requirements account for visitors that will travel to and use or work within the building. As such the compliant cycle facilities must be accessible to all these types of building users.

Compliant cycle

storage space Cycle storage facilities should be designed to ensure maximum health and safety of building users and should therefore meet the following wherever possible:

· The space is covered overhead and protected from the rain

· The covered area and the cycle racks are set in or fixed to a permanent structure (building or hardstanding) and allow both the wheel and frame to be locked securely (e.g. Sheffield type). OR racks are located in a locked structure with CCTV surveillance and access from staff only. Fixtures to lock bikes are not required in the second instance.

· There must be sufficient space for all bikes to be stored without having to move others or rely on integral stands.

· Adequate lighting is provided in accordance with national best practice lighting guide as defined in issue Hea 5.

· The facilities are in a prominent site location that is viewable from the building.

· The majority of the cycle racks are within 100m of a building entrance (ideally within 50m).

Where any of those requirements are not deemed suitable in relation to the health and safety of the users, they may be excluded provided that adequate justification has been provided and approved by BRE.

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Vertical bike

racks Vertical racks, which allow direct access (without the need to get alongside the locked bike) and permit one bike per vertical stack can comply with the criteria (provided all other criteria are met).

Non compliant

cycle racks These types of cycle storage devices do not comply with BREEAM:

· Hooks and wall attachments

· Single wheel (butterfly) bike rack holders (these racks provide less security and can cause damage to bike wheels).

Public bicycle

sharing systems Bicycle sharing systems are increasingly popular and diverse systems have appeared over the past few years in major cities in Europe whereby a number of bicycles are made available for shared use amongst people who do not own a bicycle. The central concept of many of the systems is free or affordable access to bicycles for city transport in order to reduce the use of automobiles for short trips inside the city thereby diminishing traffic congestion, noise and air-pollution.

Up to 50% of the BREEAM cycle racks requirement may be provided by a public bicycle sharing system where it complies with the following:

· The program is implemented by the municipality or through a public-private partnership.

· The system must be open to casual users who wish to use them for one-way rides to work, education or shopping centres.

· Bicycles are available at unattended urban locations; and they operate in a manner that could be seen as "bicycle transit"

· Service terminals must be available throughout the city

· The average distance between service terminals is 500 m maximum in inner city areas.

· A service terminal is available within 500m of the main building entrance.

· The station terminals do not need to comply with the design requirements listed above.

The number of compliant facilities is calculated based on the total number of cycle racks required. For retail projects, public bicycle racks can also count towards the number of customer cycle racks required.

City centre locations – Offices and Industrial

In city centre locations the criteria for compliant cycle spaces can be reduced by 50% where at least two of the available BREEAM credits for provision of public transport (Tra 1) have been awarded.

City centre locations – Retail

Sites in city centre locations can reduce by 50% the criteria for compliant cycle spaces where at least three of the available BREEAM credits for provision of public transport (Tra 1) have been awarded.

Individual

For the assessment of individual buildings/units that form part of a larger development or business district (eg retail parks, shopping centres), and do not have the scope to provide their own dedicated cyclist facilities (i.e. no external publicly accessible areas), awarding the credit does not require that individual facilities are provided for each individual retail unit. The credit can be awarded where:

· The development has compliant centralised facilities, provided their number caters for and can be accessed by all staff that work at the development.

· At least 10 publicly accessible compliant cycle storage spaces are within proximity of the main shop entrance i.e. 100m.

Those facilities should comply with all the BREEAM design requirements as listed above in order for the credit to be awarded.

50% of those may be provided by a public bicycle sharing system.

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Rural locations Sites can reduce by 50% the criteria for compliant cycle spaces where the building is located in a rural location as defined under Tra2 AND the average building user commuting distances are likely to be greater than 10 miles.

Sites in mountainous locations

Sites in mountainous/hilly areas where the average slope is more than 8%

around the site and is likely to prohibit commuting by bicycle can reduce by 50% the criteria for compliant cycle spaces. Typical examples include buildings in cities such as Lisbon or Istanbul which are located on one of the hills.

Buildings located in a plain but at the top of a hill do not comply with this definition.

Compliant

showers One shower must be provided for every 10 cycle storage spaces and both male and female users catered for i.e. either separate showers within shared gender-specific facilities or single shower cubicles and changing space for mixed use. The showers can be available for others to use in addition to cyclists.

Compliant changing facilities &

lockers

Changing facilities and locker criteria;

· The assessor can use their judgement to determine whether the changing area is appropriate given the number of cycle storage spaces/showers provided. As guidance to aid the assessor, where a shower/changing cubicle is provided there should be a minimum of one square metre of changing space adjacent to the shower(s) with a bench seat and hooks for hanging clothes. Where there is more than one shower provided there should be a minimum of one square metre of changing space per shower, subject to a minimum changing area of four square metres. Where there are no showers specified, but there is a changing facility, there is a minimum of one square metre of changing space for every 10 cycle storage spaces, subject to a minimum of four square metres of changing area with a bench seat and hooks for hanging clothes.

· The number of lockers is at least equal to the number of cycle spaces provided.

· Lockers are either in or adjacent to compliant changing rooms. Where the changing space is a cubicle the locker(s) must not be located within the shared facilities or single changing cubicles in mixed use areas.

· Toilet cubicles do not count as changing facilities.

Compliant

drying space The drying space (for wet clothes) must be a specially designed and designated space with adequate heating/ventilation. A plant room is not a compliant drying space.

Existing compliant facilities

For assessments of new infill buildings on an existing site, where there are existing compliant facilities, such facilities can be assessed against the criteria of this issue. The number of existing compliant facilities must be large enough to cater for the building users of the assessed building, in addition to the users from any existing buildings.

Minimum number of facilities

Where more than the minimum number of compliant cycle spaces is provided, it is not necessary to also provide more than the minimum number of

Where the local infrastructure around the site doesn’t cater adequately for cyclists, building users will not be encouraged to cycle to the building.

Therefore, in order to increase the usage of the cycle racks, and promote cycling in a cyclist-unfriendly environment, developers should consult with the

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